Tag Archives: Electronica

Went to a house show on March 3rd. (Not going to reveal where it was) The headlining act was Alpha Couple. It was a premier for this Orphan Pool. Ophran Pool’s music is deep beats, raspy vocals, lots of synth, and perhaps even some fog.

Surprised that this duo from Winnipeg hasn’t been featured on Weird Canada. I am talking about Alpha Couple and their style is tweenoise (whatever that means?), psychefolk & lo-fi electronic ambient music. So I wanted to check out what their latest release called “Stalingrad“. The duo will be in Ottawa on March 3rd.

Decided to see Rich Aucoin again for the last of the Ottawa Residency show at Cafe Dekcuf. Good word of mouth travels fast since the show was sold out! This time he had a drummer which made it special. It was a fun and crazy vibe this time. As repeated from before, two words from …

Couldn’t help mention these two remixes I heard on BBC Radio 1‘s Zane Lowe show today. While the single for OMG won’t be out until April. Zane played this remix of OMG. Have a listen to the radio rip of OMG (Death of Marat Remix)*

Feeling way behind talking about this musician. Listening through “Underneath The Pine” by Toro Y Moi. Its a great records and will hopefully make a review closer to the date on February 22, 2011. Still can’t believe I saw him open up for Caribou back in May of 2010. Now he is more popular and …

I wasn’t expecting to get an email from Kisses‘ PR people. Considering they were kind of mentioned in music singles chart #29. Not to be confused with Montreal “Silly Kissers”. Kisses is a LA-based, pop-electro-disco flavored consisting of Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson. They will drop their album “The Heart Of The Nightlife” on March …

Today is the day that Mike Skinner’s The Streets releases his fifth and final album called “Computers and Blues. After promoting and touring for this album, Mike Skinner will no longer become “The Streets”. The official website has a closed signed.

I rarely listen to any D&B music unless its has been remixed. But this song just caught my ears when I was listening to BBC Radio 1 today. I am talking about Laidback Luke who is a Dutch DJ and producer. Besides the weird looking cover. Just couldn’t stop listening to this. The song picks …